Archive for April, 2009

The LinkedIn for Job Seekers instructional DVD is available on Amazon - you can get it as a stand-alone product or you can get it packaged with the book.
Click here to get the LinkedIn for Job Seekers DVD as a stand-alone product (and see product reviews).
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I have been looking for a long time for a LinkedIn Profile that used the Slideshare Application in a super-cool way, and before my Atlanta trip a couple of months ago I finally found one I liked. Darren Ryan is a photographer, graphics and visual branding guy who has a ...

I have heard for a few months that you can add your own company to LinkedIn's Company section, which is an amazing (relatively) new addition. I could never find the link to add a company, though... until recently.
I'm pretty sure I found the link to add a new company in ...

I've seen something like this before. It's just plain wrong... and I'm guessinging LinkedIn will take it down sometime soon:
This is a gross misuse of LinkedIn, and I'm sure offensive to pretty much anyone who sees it. It reeks. Don't do this.

A JibberJobber user asked me about importing "notes" and other information I enter about my contacts so they could import them into JibberJobber. I didn't think they were exporting that data, but wanted to see what really was being exported. Here are all the fields that are exported (Contacts, Export ...

I was watching this old video from 2006, walking through the LinkedIn's office with Reid Hoffman (interviewed by the famous Loic Le Meur), and at minute 4:14 saw this bit of intriguing history:
In the video Reid says what you can read in the sign: "we were going to call it ...

I've started my next project, which is a book on how to actually get financial return from using LinkedIn.
This is not a "get rich quick on LinkedIn book," nor is it a "use LinkedIn to exploit your network" book.
There is a lot happening on LinkedIn, people are making deals, doing ...

This post cracked me up from Sophie: Answer me this, LinkedIn. It's a super-short post, but the point is excellent and has some great links after her rant.
I read this and thought "I wonder how many people read my book, or saw me speak, and contribute to the crap in ...